using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; public class Test { public static void Main() { var rx = "[a-zA-Z0-9]N[a-zA-Z0-9]{4}[0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]|([a-zA-Z0-9]{6}[0-9][a-zA-Z0-9])|[a-zA-Z0-9]{6}[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]"; var results = Regex.Matches("BJX4700QHJ43EKU2KU89EJKM", rx) .Cast() .Where(m => !m.Groups[1].Success) .Select(z => z.Value); foreach (var s in results) Console.WriteLine(s); } }